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Mandala
A mystical diagram used in India and Tibet to attract spiritual power or for meditation purposes. The term derives from the Sanskrit word for ‘‘circle,’’ although a mandala may embody various geometrical shapes.
The Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung, who regarded the mandala as an archetypal image from the deep unconscious mind, investigated mandalas created spontaneously by psychological patients. (See also yantra)
A mystical diagram used in India and Tibet to attract spiritual power or for meditation purposes. The term derives from the Sanskrit word for ‘‘circle,’’ although a mandala may embody various geometrical shapes.
The Swiss psychologist Carl G. Jung, who regarded the mandala as an archetypal image from the deep unconscious mind, investigated mandalas created spontaneously by psychological patients. (See also yantra)
